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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chesumei, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Biego",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give my views on this Motion. The CBC system would have been the way to go, but as it is, I have some reservations. One, most of the people who train students at home are parents. Majority of the parents are used to the 8-4-4 System of Education since they also went through the same curriculum. They may not even be in a position to help their children with homework because they do not understand this system. There was no need to hurriedly rollout the new curriculum. Since we do not even have adequate resources, the 8-4-4 System of Education should have stayed a little bit longer. The structure of the curriculum has been designed such that most of the activities happen almost at the same time. It will be very difficult for children who miss school to catch up. The structure is a bit difficult for students. Many of the teachers should have been trained first so that when the system was rolled out, it would be up and running in a manner that teachers also understand. As legislators, we see people asking many questions pertaining to CBC on several occasions. Sometimes we are not even able to explain to them how it is supposed to be run because it was rushed and the structures were not properly put in place. That is why junior secondary schools are domiciled in primary schools. There is so much confusion. As Members of Parliament, we know that the infrastructure is not good. As Members of Parliament who oversee the education docket, we are expected to help in terms of building some of the infrastructure like laboratories and libraries. I also fear that since money is not enough, we will look like we have not undertaken any development projects in our areas because part of the money that would have otherwise been used for other development purposes will now be diverted to construction of school infrastructure as a result of CBC."
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